BUCS Nationals 2016: Friday round-up
February 19, 2016
Friday 19 February saw 100s of UoN athletes travel to Sheffield to compete in the 2016 BUCS Nationals. After a chilly start to the day (around 1 degree) temperatures soon rose as our students started their journey’s towards BUCS gold! Friday was slated to be the quietest day of the weekend with only indoor athletics, fencing, swimming …
BUCS Nationals 2016- Spotlight on: Dan Nicholls
Today’s the day! The 2016 BUCS Nationals are happening today… right now in fact! Our UoN Sport athletes will be here in Sheffield all weekend with high hopes of victory and BUCS success. For our final spotlight on blog, we caught up with karate star, Dan Nicholls. Where are you from? I’m from Cannock, about 20 miles north of …
BUCS Nationals 2016 – Spotlight on: Rohan Midha
February 16, 2016
It’s almost time for the 2016 BUCS Nationals! Get ready to show your support for the #GreenandGold army as all the action kicks off this Friday. We’ll be in Sheffield all weekend with our UoN teams who have high aspirations of BUCS victory! We have some amazing talent at this year’s Nationals, so we caught up with some …
BUCS Nationals 2016 – Spotlight on: Rebecca Dutfield
February 12, 2016
The countdown is on for the 2016 BUCS Nationals, which are only one week away! Held this year in Sheffield, our UoN teams will be setting off early next Friday morning with high aspirations of BUCS victory. With our amazing current ranking of third place in the BUCS league, we’re eager to hold onto our position! To …
BUCS round-up 10 February 2016
February 11, 2016
Another week and another Wednesday afternoon filled with action, suspense and victories for our UoN teams! With just over a week to go now until the BUCS Nationals this week’s games were pivotal in setting the right mind-set for the teams. In total, 65 matches were played over weekend and yesterday, with 32 of those matches won …
BUCS round-up 3 February 2016
February 4, 2016
Wednesday 3 February saw another action-packed afternoon of BUCS matches. Almost 80 games were played but UoN Sport were triumphant and have managed to retain our amazing third place in the BUCS league with 2238 points, placing us comfortably in front of Edinburgh University but also not too far behind Durham. Matches were won and lost but …
Referee Tom calls on a Friend
November 26, 2015
The University of Nottingham men’s football first team got a taste of Premier League standards on Wednesday when top-flight referee Kevin Friend agreed to officiate their most recent BUCS league match at Highfields Sports Ground.
Introducing Welfare in Sport
September 21, 2015
Students’ Union officers James Bramley (Sports) and Sarah Pickup (Welfare and Equal Opportunities) provide an introduction to the Welfare in Sport initiative: Last year we launched Welfare in Sport at The University of Nottingham. The overall aim of the project is to: help raise awareness of mental health issues within members of sports clubs, remove …
Blog 4: Reflections on Chinese Training
September 16, 2015
By Liam McTiernan. So as we come to an end here in China, Team UoN have certainly had a memorable and beneficial trip. The training has been extremely hard work and the team have done a great job in taking the most away from the opportunity. Throughout our time at the Chinese Table Tennis College …
Blog 3: UoN Table Tennis Grafting in China
September 14, 2015
By Liam McTiernan. As the weekend approached so did the matches between the University of Nottingham and the Chinese Table Tennis College youth players. On Saturday it was time to put our training into some match play situations and each UoN player played 7 matches against some of the players in Shanghai. The day got …
